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The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi has issued a call for papers for presentation at the 43rd Annual International Waterborne Symposium, February 1-5, 2016 in New Orleans.
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BASF has extended its range of high-quality bio-based polyols sold under the Sovermol trademark. The products are used for manufacturing extremely low-emission 2K PU coatings for interior and exterior applications. With Sovermol 830 BASF is launching…

Applied Material Solutions has announced that the company has purchased Performance Process Inc. in Mundelein, Ill. and Nottingham Company, PPI’s chemicals division in Atlanta, Ga. The two companies join Trans-Chemco as divisions of Applied Mat…

Over the last 20 years, Intech Services has rapidly expanded, evolving from a coating supplier to a sales, marketing, and operations company focused on the industrial manufacturing segment. Intech started with an open and creative business environmen…

Argex Titanium has announced that the preparations for its Process Intensification Program (PIP) is under way. Representing a technical surge by the Argex Engineering and Technology team, the success of PIP will assure "commercial readiness&quot…

The American Coatings Association (ACA) is seeking nominations for the Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award. The lecture and award will be presented at the American Coatings Conference, April 11-13, 2016 in Indianapolis, Ind. Nominations must be receive…

Union Colours - the international division of Longyu Pigments & Chemicals Corporation, the largest pigment producer in China - has continued to expand activities in India, both as a supplier of organic pigments from their Chinese and South Africa…

Orion Engineered Carbons has announced price increases of up to 8% on its Specialty Carbon Blacks effective October 1st, 2015.
When announcing the increase, the company said: "These price increases will allow Orion to maintain the service lev…

Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings has hired 20-year industry veteran Derrick Castle to lead project development work for the bridge and highway market. As a project development manager, Castle will assist in directing the development an…

Chromaflo Technologies, one of the leading independent global suppliers of colorant systems, chemical and pigment dispersions, has recently released a video describing its Infrared Reflective Technology and how can benefit end users.
The video exp…

Accessa Coatings Solutions is now serving Chicago-area customers. In an agreement with Chicagoland Finishing Materials, Indianapolis-based Accessa Coatings Solutions will use CFM’s operations to provide local service to Accessa’s Chicago-…

A coalition of U.S. mayors and city officials announced that they will join the UN Conference of Parties (COP) meeting in Paris in December to showcase their cities’ climate leadership and call for an ambitious international agreement tha…

The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference will highlight issues and topics specific to the automotive market at the three-day event this October. Hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), the conference is set to take place Oct. 5-…

In reaction to the current demand in the global market and in preparation of the upcoming debottlenecking of Oxea’s 1,3-Butylene Glycol unit at Bishop, Texas effective immediately Oxea will implement a 100% sales control on 1,3-Butylene Glycol…

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released a document specifying requirements for corrosion resistant coatings on carbon steels used for hardware components in window, door and skylight applications. The docu…

The Chemours Company, a global chemical company with leading market positions in titanium technologies, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions, has announced two decisions that are elements of the company's five-point transformation plan.
The c…

Bayer MaterialScience, which will operate under the new name Covestro from September 1, is celebrating a major anniversary: 50 years of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) production in Leverkusen. Today, the site is home to the world’s larg…

BASF in conjunction with HORN, its extender distributor in the western region of the United States, received the 2014 Supplier Excellence award from Behr Paint, one of the largest suppliers of architectural paint and exterior wood care products…

MT Paint Chemical Production and Trading Co., Ltd., BASF’s exclusive importer for R-M products, has opened its second Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This new training facility, with a total area of 800 square met…